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20/07/2017

Czech Republic women lead Olsztyn winners

Olsztyn, Poland, July 20, 2017 - Three women’s teams from the Czech Republic combined to win five matches here Thursday at the Warmia Mazury Olsztyn Open highlighted by a win by Kristyna Kolocova and Michala Kvapilova over Agatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa of Brazil, the No. 2-ranked team on the 2017 FIVB World Tour.

While Kolocova and Kvapilova were defeating the Brazilians, Czech Republic rivals Martina Bonnerova and Sarka Nakladalova were advancing from Pool D with a 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) win in 35 minutes over Elsa and Amaranta to finish third in the group and advance to Friday’s first-round of elimination.

This week’s FIVB World Tour stop is the final event prior to the 11th edition of the FIVB World Championships where play begins July 28 in Vienna. A total of 48 men’s and 48 women’s teams will be competing in the $1-million event with the women’s medal matches August 5 and the men’s finales August 6 in the Austrian capital.

While the women completed two rounds of “modified” pool play Thursday, the men’s schedule featured one round of group play. The Warmia Mazury Olsztyn Open, a four-star event on the 2017 FIVB World Tour calendar, concludes Sunday with the medal matches as the winning teams will share the $20,000 first-place prizes.